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I suppose it's an attempt to make things less confusing for children. | It makes things harder for kids. | contradiction |
In 1990, the Commission on Legal Needs in Maine, chaired by former Senator Edmund Muskie and made up of Commissioners drawn from the judiciary, the legislature, the private bar, and the low-income community, convened a series of hearings around the state and issued a report calling for increased resources for legal services with a number of recommendations for improving access. | Edmund Muskie has been the chairman for ten years. | neutral |
right rather than have to retrial the whole whole thing and spend all the money for people to you know go back to court and all the lawyers and i mean it just winds up costing the taxpayers a fortune you know a fortune to keep doing that | We did not care what the cost would be we wanted a retrial. | contradiction |
We hoped that the remaining planets would find a favorable conjunction, but--" Dave Hanson studied his helpers with more bitterness. | Dave Hanson looked at his helpers with annoyance. | entailment |
Tahrir Square (Liberation Square) on the east bank is its heart, a mass of streets converging on the biggest bus terminus in the city, which is bounded by government ministries and office blocks housing airline offices and travel agencies. | Tahrir Square was also called Liberation Square because of an event of great cultural and historical significance. | neutral |
and then i did a hour of aerobics | Before the aerobics, I did an hour of weights. | neutral |
um probably should stay on the topic but that has a little bit to do with some of the things that i read i um | That is relevant to what I read, and is on topic. | neutral |
yeah i i like that i i watch that a couple of times a week um it comes on like at nine o'clock at night and i really don't have any like situation comedies that i watch regularly i i have seen that um | I do not have any situation comedies that I like to watch. | entailment |
High specificity is also desirable to help ensure that positive tests represent real problems. | Ensuring that positive test results represent real problems can be helped by ensuring high specificity. | entailment |
if if you want to go into one that's really useful you're going to have to go over a thousand dollars and even for a personal computer it's probably smart to spend that much and and we've ours is not quite that powerful and so you know we are we are limited which may be one reason why | One should never spend more than $300 on a personal computer. | contradiction |
Farther along the east coast is the pretty port of Piso Livadi. | Further down the east coast is the gorgeous port of Piso Livadi. | entailment |
(Bauer hinted at his candidacy in speeches, then announced he was taking a leave of absence from his job, then set up an announcement interview on Meet the Press , then persuaded newspapers to write preview stories about the TV announcement--all before he had even filed the papers to set up the committee that would set up his eventual campaign.) | Bauer scheduled an interview with Meet the Press because he wants to be known. | neutral |
so i don't know it could just be rumors that spread around you know when they | They never started any rumors. | contradiction |
A young girl. | The girl was under 20. | neutral |
This was more now than the fact that they had both bristled, incompatible, at their first meeting. | At their first meeting they instantly warmed together and discovered their immense compatibility. | contradiction |
It was a nice park; peaceful and green, possibly more so than anywhere else in the city. | The park was unkempt and unclean. | contradiction |
Jon stood up, drew his pistol, placed it under the man's chin, and fired. | Jon drew his pistol and shot the man in the chest. | contradiction |
In reality, it takes more work and more character for poor student X to finish in the top ten percent of his or her public school class and obtain a mediocre SAT score than it does for rich kid Y to finish in the bottom half of his private school class and score slightly higher on the SAT. | Students in private schools do not take SAT exams. | contradiction |
Of the traditional Japanese sports, sumo wrestling is the most popular. | Sumo wrestling is the least popular Japanese sport. | contradiction |
yeah but um i it's and it's supposedly real reliable the only thing i've ever heard about Hondas is that the breaks go out first yeah | It's really unreliable and unsafe. | contradiction |
After serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Edward Weinfeld, | After serving as a dish boy to jesus christ himself. | contradiction |
El Greco fans are in for a happy surprise a wide selection of his works, highlighted by the La Asuncien de la Virgen, painted just a year before the artist's death. | The La Asuncien de la Virgen was painted a year before El Greco's death. | entailment |
but i uh i i picked it up when i was in high school at on the same as a PE course and then when i got into the service i got into it | I only started it after graduating from college. | contradiction |
Unfortunately, it had been several months since I'd last listened to common sense. | I hadn't listened to my conscience in a long time. | entailment |
we haven't talked much about the weather i know that's what we're supposed to do | I know we're supposed to be talking about the football game but it was just too disappointing. | contradiction |
IRS's Senior Executive Performance Plans37 Performance Elements37 Performance Standards for Elements38 Performance Standards for Summary Ratings39 | The IRS has more than one performance plan for senior executives. | entailment |
In 1854 Perry duly negotiated the Treaty of Kanagawa (now part of Yokohama), opening up two ports, Shimoda on the Izu Peninsula and Hakodate in Hokkaido. | The Treaty of Kanagawa resulted in 10 ports being opened. | contradiction |
The majestic Cathedrale Notre-Dame is a masterpiece of French Gothic architecture. | French Gothic architecture is often found in Notre-Dame. | neutral |
Don't know? | Don't know where to go next. | neutral |
Like Johnnie Cochran, Clinton's defenders are putting the prosecution on trial. | Johnny Cochran defenders have nothing in common with the Clinton defenders. | contradiction |
IVR telephone availability 24 hours/day could facilitate follow-up of ED patients. | Followup activities have been shown to improve outcomes in thirty percent of cases. | neutral |
Now there was only one person at Styles who worked on the land ”Mrs. Cavendish. | Mrs. Cavendish was the only one who worked on the land at Styles. | entailment |
The cliff of Masada soars to 440 metres (1443 feet) above the Dead Sea and is totally isolated from the surrounding mountains by deep gorges. | It's difficult to reach the top of the Cliff of Masada, but there are spectacular views up there. | neutral |
Its avant-garde circular design contrasts sharply with the dreary buildings around it. | It was designed in the 20th century. | neutral |
''Fred's so low-key, he's Midwestern in effect,'' says Glen, a former New York Supreme Court judge. | No comments were made about Fred. | contradiction |
um you know different things is it restricted to certain crimes or just | Some things are only applied to certain crimes | entailment |
Most of the graves are recent, barely a century old, but the cone-roofed, timeworn monument seen down the valley dates from the Second Temple period over 2,000 years ago. | The monument was there long before the graves. | neutral |
The assumption is made under this method that every employee entered the plan (entry age) at the time of initial employment or at the earliest eligibility date, if the plan had been in existence, and that contributions have been made from the entry age to the date of the actuarial valuation. | We have made no assumptions as to the entry age of the employees. | contradiction |
Though it lacks the simple, geometric form of Sapper's pot and those of many of its competitors, it is unified in a subtler way. | It has a geometric form that is identical to that of its competitors. | contradiction |
And quite spontaneously the thought flashed across my mind: "She is gaining time!" | And out of the blue, the thought swept across my mind; "She is gaining time!" | neutral |
they they try to get me to say things because they they thought i talked so funny | I didn't think there was anything strange about the way I sounded. | neutral |
you watch TV or something while you do it | You can watch television while it's happening. | entailment |
Until recently, their industry was illegal almost everywhere. | Their industry is still illegal. | contradiction |
Pundits, however, agree that the reversal fails to erase the widespread conclusion that he has given up on indicting the Clintons--and that it only confirms his lack of judgment, further weakening the investigation's credibility. | The Clintons are not going to be indicted. | neutral |
The commission's October 1997 report, Critical Protecting America's Infrastructures, described the potentially devastating implications of poor information security from a national perspective. | The Commission has been giving monthly reports for 40 years. | neutral |
that would be kind of bizarre | That would be strange, but I guess reasonable. | neutral |
uh Durham the county right next to us big city | Durham is known for its delicious wieners. | neutral |
It consists of two spans, straddling the Ile de la City, and was initially populated with street-singers, charlatans, prosetutes, pickpockets, and above all bouquinistes selling old books and pamphlets out of boxes. | The two spans, straddling the Ile da la City are quite bare and have little activity. | contradiction |
well they're already talking about freedom of choice you know for schools that's an idea | For Catholic schools, freedom of choice is an idea. | neutral |
GAO evaluators, in addition to being on the scene due to their location at the major audit site accompanied enumerators into the field and examined, in depth, Census procedures at field offices. | GAO evaluators accompanied enumerators into the field and examined field offices. | entailment |
4 The model consists of eight critical success factors, which are organized to correspond with four cornerstones of effective strategic human capital (1) leadership, (2) strategic human capital planning, (3) acquiring, developing, and retaining talent, and (4) resultsoriented organizational cultures. | The organization of the factors is a crucial point in the ease of forming strategic human planning. | neutral |
You, of course, and ah, er, Mr., er, Inglethorp. A slight pause ensued before the lawyer went on in his soothing manner: "Any other evidence will be simply confirmatory, a mere matter of form." | The lawyer couldn't bring himself to speak. | contradiction |
From now on, every Ser and Sather will protect you with the lower and the upper magic. | Each Ser and Sather are bound by magic to protect you with it. | neutral |
If that isn't the cruellest luck, cried Julius in despair. | Julius is having a streak of good luck. | contradiction |
Surely young Rivas had better and closer friends at the Stronghold. | Rivas didn't have many friends at all. | neutral |
Its local craftsmen are famous for their inlaid woodwork called intarsia. | The local craftsmen are renowned for their intarsia woodwork. | entailment |
'Tell him the real Ben Franklin is ready to talk.' | He wants to speak with the imposter. | neutral |
The circular space with its whirling traffic is dominated by the Arc de Triomphe, 50 m (164 ft) high and 45 m (148 ft) wide. | No cars drive around the Arc De Triomphe. | contradiction |
Continuing south, opposite Tournon, there is the lure of the celebrated Cetes du Rhine at Tain-l'Hermitage. | Their culture doesn't allow them to celebrate historical figures or gods. | contradiction |
Nearby, the Lookout Tower and Camera Obscura offer a unique view of the city. | The Lookout Tower which is nearby offers a view of the city. | entailment |
The name, meaning Eagle Rock, is derived from its former inhabitants rather than its shape. | It gets its name from its shape. | contradiction |
were abandoned. | Not longer used. | entailment |
Maybe only 50 are true. | Perhaps only 50 are true. | entailment |
uh connect Berkeley with San Francisco with Oakland and and a couple of other cities but if it were to go to complete completely around the Bay and when you ever you get on BART BART's just absolutely wonderful because it's fast it's clean it's really efficient and it's it's actually fun to ride but uh it's just you you know it's its its been half assed and uh they need to completely uh you know | You can get from Berkeley to San Francisco in about two hours. | neutral |
well no that's it you could interpret it that way uh | You can view it that way. | entailment |
Over the horizon, a great burning disc rose and leaped toward the heavens as the sun went back to its place in the sky. | The sun was coming down at a great speed. | contradiction |
um and my reason for that was i don't like the uh what's the right word the varied inappropriate influences that you find so much in the public schools | At public school, children are exposed to subjects that contradict religious doctrine. | neutral |
The D42 takes you up to the Col de la Forclaz (1,157 m/3,800 ft). | The D42 has been decomissioned and cannot be used. | contradiction |
The Washington Post says Clinton's foreign travels will distract attention from the scandal. | The Washington Post says Clintons scandal will be overrun | entailment |
Following this analysis, EPA has concluded and certified that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. | The EPA have noted that there will be an insignificant impact. | entailment |
isn't it a little late in the season for that type of ice storm though | This has to be the first ice storm to form in such a way. | neutral |
But he may just be a person who things happen to happen to, a guy with a penchant for pretending to be what others want to believe that he is. | He has always been unlucky. | neutral |
oh Lord that's one thing i do not miss about uh being in Lubbock i tell you because one i i'll never forget uh one spring we had a real big dust storm come in and it started raining and uh it was like raining mud out there you know | Lubbock frequently suffers from dust storms. | neutral |
yeah or maybe offer them you know some sort of an incentive to do it | Unless there's an incentive somewhere, people are just going to choose the alternative. | neutral |
and be with somebody basically | Basically be with somebody. | entailment |
Ajami's book is an indispensable guide to why anyone in the Arab world still listens to it. | Ajaami's book is useless to Arabs. | contradiction |
Is that so, mon ami?" | Is that right, my friend? | entailment |
to to escape | To remain a prisoner. | contradiction |
As discussed, HCFA published the full text of its initial analysis as an appendix to the proposed rule and invited comments from small entities. | HCFA made its initial analysis available as an appendix. | entailment |
The bandit's blade swung again but Vrenna countered. | Again, the bandit swung but did not hit Vrenna. | entailment |
i i have a i don't i don't have to do anything you know it's like what am i going to do if i sit here if i sit here for a whole year they'll let me go and then i can get back to my life | I don't have to do anything but sit here. | entailment |
It could only be Ser Perth! | Only Ser Perth could be responsible. | neutral |
Japan's austere, ruthless, but statesmanlike new ruler, Yoritomo Minamoto, set up his government in Kamakura (just south of modern Tokyo), well away from the softening influence of court life that had been the undoing of his predecessor, Kiyomori. | Yoritomo Minamoto ruled for several decades after he took power. | neutral |
uh-huh um and when you turn it over you'll see that very same pattern uh it will be fainter of course but it will be that same way and the machine made ones they don't they don't look like that | The machine made ones have a distinct pattern on them. | contradiction |
Maybe it's time you taught me what an old deserter could possibly teach. | I don't want to know about the deserter. | contradiction |
They let others tease out the implications of their story for them, connecting the dots among Scaife, Starr, and Hale : The billionaire endowed a position for Starr at Pepperdine University (which Starr has subsequently declined) and then bankrolled Hale, Starr's chief witness. | Starr accepted the position at Pepperdine University. | contradiction |
In the middle of the 19th century, it fell victim to the urban planning of Baron Haussmann. | Baron Haussmann never knew of it or saw it. | contradiction |
A recent redesign has added space to the museum of modern art, which is divided into two Les Modernes (1905 to 1960) on the fifth floor ' displaying works by such key figures as Brancusi, Dada, Kandinsky, Matisse, Mir??, Picasso, and Man Ray ' and Les Cetemporains (1960 to the present) on the fourth floor. | The museum of modern art has undergone a recent redesign. | entailment |
Nearby, at the head of the Kidron Valley, the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Stephen commemorates the first Christian martyr, and up the Jericho Road toward the city is a small but dramatic monument to Israeli soldiers killed in the 1967 Six Day War. | Near the Kidron Valley is the commemoration of the first Christian martyr and up ahead is the 1967 Six Day War monument. | entailment |
He came toward Hanson and Nema with a broad grin on his face. | He came toward the both of them with a smile. | entailment |
His color was high under a pink skin which in this hot country must burn painfully. | His pink skin must burn and hurt in this hot country. | entailment |
uh-huh uh-huh oh my husband just has to have it green has to be green it's | My husband says it must be green and I agree. | neutral |
I had a touch of toothache, ma'am, said Tuppence glibly. | Tuppence had a slight toothache. | entailment |
The first consignments were exported in 1866 and, within a few years, thousands of tons were being shipped to markets in the US and Britain. | Consignment exports began in the year of 1864. | contradiction |
they're they're uh you know they're gasoline and they have a mechanical contraption on it you pull the handle and it pulls the lawn mower for you um it takes me about an hour to do to to do my lawn | They cost around $200 new but I found one at a yardsale for $70. | neutral |
Have you got a bit of paper and a pencil? | Do you have a mechanical pencil and paper? | neutral |
He will happily decorate any TV or radio story with a veneer of American history. | He is a fan of American history. | neutral |
ANC power will most probably be challenged in the 1999 election by the left. | The left will challenge ANC power. | entailment |
In the feeble light of the gas burner Tommy blinked at her. | The light of the gas burner wasn't very powerful. | entailment |
But misinformation already is rampant. | Misinformation is common. | entailment |